September 01, 2011

What a truly striking, exotic name.
Those two words bring to mind images of a sultry, dark haired beauty dancing around a campfire in flowing colorful skirts with flowers in her hair.

However, this is the name of a lovely plum tree that grows at the outskirts of our garden and right now produces fruits in the hundreds. For weeks now the bright red plums have been dropping down, covering our lawn, spilling onto a nearby road, while my new family seems quiet oblivious to this fact. I however, who has never "owned" a fruit tree in my life find this as endless source of excitement, even though I am sorry to say most of the fruit will never be used. Except for those few eaten by me.
I guess it is time to learn how how to make jam.

I truly enjoy going through this time of discovery, slowly getting to know not just my new house and home, but also the beautiful and untamed garden that surrounds it. It seems that each new season offers novel surprises and I relish in making acquaintance with the natural wonders just outside my windows.

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I'm catching up with your blog tonight. It's 3am here and I'm up with that darn restless leg thing hoping that changing position will help so I can go back to sleep. I see you have moved to your new home and are with the man in your life. I'm so glad for you - your happiness is shining through and through. Enjoying all of your photos.

I am not familiar with that particular type of plum, but they look and sound lovely. Are they sweet or tart? My Mother's place had 3 different kinds of plums. We used the larger varieties for jelly, pancake syrup and fruit leather. Plums also dry well and give you a taste of summer when the wind blows cold.Enjoy.Kat

Yum...they look delicious! It sounds like the possibilities are endless here. I think they would be good just cut into pieces, with a touch of sweetener, cinnamon and vanilla added. Then let them marinate overnight. Enjoy!

They look just like the ones my sister brought!Zuzana, do,do,do make jam. It is such a therapeutic thing to do, all that harvesting and getting ready for winter (tho I've not known jam to last that long!). If you have jam-sugar (i.e with added pectin) there, it's foolproof and doesn't take long. If, however, you're more towards savoury stuff, my archives has a recipe for plum chutney with walnuts 2010, yum!Your new home and new surroundings are beautiful, as are your photos.

Oh I love discovery :) It really does make your day, doesn't it? The first 2 years at my current home was like that - discovering all the perennials popping up here and there in my yard...a pop of color and I was racing off to find my camera with such delight over my newest discovery! Enjoy it my friend! :)

Oh, those plums are beautiful! We only have one plum tree in our yard, and the plums are quite small and very dark. The birds get to them before we can! Glad to hear you are making new discoveries and getting acquainted with your new home and surroundings. Have a wonderful weekend, Zuzana!

How fun to have a new home! But do you know how often I think of you and your "House on a Hill..." Now I look forward to your describing your new home in such an enduring fashion! The garden sounds wonderful...:)

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More than a decade ago my line of work took me to Denmark, where I live today. My home, which I share with the man that holds my heart, lies in the northerly part of a Danish peninsula, in the proximity of endless, wide and pristine westbound sandy beaches, surrounded by the rough and untamed North Sea.
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